Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-16
LAYING OUT WORK.
PREPARING FOR TIE LRx.MoHux1Nr
coRNYR.sfouY cYRIMoHIxs.
Meeting Of the Executive Committee
Last Night Grading Of the
Grounds.

The Monument Committee OF Lee
Camp met in the rooms Of the Chamber
of Commerce last night. General John
r. Cooke, the chairman, presided, and
the members had free exchange oil
opinion as to raising the money neces-
sary and arranging suitable pro-
pramme for the cornerstone laying.
After accurate calculation it was deter
mined to ask the City Council for an
appropriation of sl5, ,000-the sum they
gave 10 the Yorktown celebration-as
the least possible with which to make
a creditable display.
The committee, of course, expect the
City Council to expend whatever money
they appropriate in their own way, and
under the direction OF their own COM
mittees, but it is not doubted that IN
an enterprise of this magnitude and In
execution of such a sacred purpose the
Council and camp committees will act
| in unison.
| FINANCIAL.
Money is needed to provide quarters
| for the visiting troops, OF whom there
will be thousands for employing bands
| of music in addition to those we have
| in Richmond ; for hiring horses to fur
nish visiting and home artillery horses,
the fire department, &c. ; for decora-
ting the streets and hill-tops in a man.
ner worthy the occasion for providing
fireworks. with which to close in blaze
of glory the days proceedings, and Tor
numerous other expenses.
AS to the fireworks, the committee
were of the opinion that it would pro.
baby be better to make division OF
them on Libby Hill, Capitol Square,
CANDLES Hill, &C., than to have them
all concentrated at one point.
THE OTHER COMMITTEES.
Hereafter it is expected that the
chairman of each of the other Lee
Camp committees will meet with Gen
eral Cookies committees. There ar'
hundreds of details to be attended to
and the service of every man appointed
to this duty is needed.
The Finance Committee will NEE
tonight in the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The members are Messrs. L. l.. Bass
II. Z. Blankenship, George A. Ainslie
John Il. Maxwell, ID. s. Redford, j. G
Dickerson, Thomas Elicit, and John 5
Elicit.
PROGRESS AT LEE-MoNUMEEr GROUNDS
The work at the Lee monumen
grounds is progressing very satisfac
torily and rapidly. The fence bound
ing the old baseball ground has beel
taken down, as well as the brick build
ings, barns, ETC., on the northern sid
of the avenue. The top grass ha
been removed from around the circl
and from two sides of the avenue TO
several hundred feet. A centre gras
plot will be left in the avenue, to b
ornamented with flowers and othe
devices, but nothing of height sufl
ciently great to be an obstruction wi
be permitted Mr.. G. Z. K. Burgwyr
who is the consulting engineer OF tn
work, is very desirous that the monu
ment, which will be placed at the ape
of four ascending grades, shall be see
in all positions outlined against th
sky. A good conception of the al
pearance Of the outlining of the NOM
ment can be had by standing on I'll
, arch at Mi0vale avenue, Hollywood
: and looking towards the pine trees TIN
are at the head of it. The monumel
will appear outlined against the SIX
just as the far pine trees. Mr.. Bu
, gwyn, who designed the arch thel
and the ascending vista, is endeaverin
; to reproduce the same effect at lie
Square.
The grading is progressing as fast |
is desired. The material is spread
y uniform layers, so that it can be tn
! roughly consolidated aud packed |
:. the successive passages Of the dirt-car
= over it.
About 10000 cubic yards is to |
! excayated in the approaches, and th
excavated material will all be utilize
. in grading and smoothing out the sit
;. The grades have already advance
about 200 feet of the 800 that lie b
. tween the circle and Lombardy stree